“Your Grace, I see no need for battle here,” Lord Mathis Rowan put in. “The castle is strongly garrisoned and well provisioned, Ser Cortnay Penrose is a seasoned commander, and the trebuchet has not been built that could breach the walls of Storm’s End. Let Lord Stannis have his siege. He will find no joy in it, and whilst he sits cold and hungry and profitless, we will take King’s Landing.” “And have men say I feared to face Stannis?” “Only fools will say that,” Lord Mathis argued. Renly looked to the others. “What say you all?” “I say that Stannis is a danger to you,” Lord Randyll Tarly
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